DHS Buys 21.6 Million More Rounds of Ammo

"To put that in perspective, during the height of active battle operations in Iraq, US soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month. Extrapolating the figures, the DHS has purchased enough bullets over the last 10 months to wage a full scale war for almost 30 years." (Editor's pick)

Required for the training center? Bull MFin' shit! Hollow points for training? Only if you're shooting at live targets and want to see just how much pretty red splatter you can make. No one uses hollow points to train with; they're way to expensive for anything other than actual operational use, and it would be ludicrous to use them on a range when you could use cheap-assed ball rounds instead. It's amazing just how stupid these bastards must think we all are...!

I too was skeptical of this and contacted NRA and GOA regarding the huge orders being placed. Neither organization seemed to be overly concerned. Their response is that most of it is for required training but why does HLS need to train with firearms? Handgun combat is not something they should be engaged in. But this was when the FBI, CIA, U.S. Marshels offies etc were ordering huge amounts. Who's buying up all the .223 and 5.56
Hope you are ready. I am not near ready I am a few thousand rounds short. Thought about handloading but good luck in finding any ofthat either.